Americans are as eager to hear the truth about God and the US as they are to hear they have AIDS.

I chose the truth as my friend when I was twelve. He's been a good friend for sixty years. Not once has he asked that I worship, serve or give him money.

The naked truth can be so ugly that many cannot look at it. Closing one's eyes to killer drones and Abu Ghraib in no way frees one from suffering the consequences.

Run, dodge and hide from common sense and moderation and don't worry about responsibility and consequences. When it’s time, they’ll find you.

If there is a heaven, like Saul of Tarsus, Christopher Hitchens is in it. If there is a hell, like Lucifer, Jerry Falwell is in it.

Even though the media has dubbed me America's most controversial writer, occasionally my words find an open mind and I end up with a new friend, and at least on that day, I win.